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Impact of Pastures and Forages on Soil Organic Carbon in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario

Article written by Cameron Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator, Northern Ontario Farm Innovation AllianceReposted with permission from: https://www.nofia-agri.com/post/carbon-sequestration-and-agricultural-land-uses On February 13 2020 Susantha Jayasundara,

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Managing cover crops in Ontario – north, south, east, and west

A new multi-year, multi-site cover crop research project is kicking off this spring in Ontario. Read about it in this Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine

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Finding a trusted soil health test

Hargreaves, S.K., P. DeJong, K. Laing, T. McQuail and L.L. Van Eerd. 2019. Management sensitivity, repeatability and consistency of interpretation of soil health indicators

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Measuring soil health improvements with cover crops in vegetable production

Chahal, I. and Van Eerd, L.L. 2019. Quantifying soil quality in a horticultural-cover cropping system. Geoderma 352: 38-48. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.05.039.Research summary written by Cameron Ogilvie

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A year in review

There’s less and less margin in our world these days. Running from one meeting to the next, plowing up to the river’s edge. Humanity

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A 40-year legacy – Special “Talk Dirty To Me” episode on World Soil Day

Howard Buffet wrote in his recent book that the average farmer realistically has only “40 Chances” to grow a crop, so what should be

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Welcome!

We’re glad you’ve found your way to our new website and encourage you to browse around. Over the coming months we’ll be adding People,

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Hard but hopeful – A candid conversation about what it takes to improve soil

Harvest time waits for no one, so series host Cam Ogilvie joins Norfolk County farmer Dan Petker in the combine cab on this episode

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Read all about it!

We’ve been in the news recently! Read up on some some conversations we’ve been having with folks in Ontario about soil health. Weathering the

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Improving soil through on-farm research

Episode 3 of our “Talk Dirty To Me” miniseries is live! A great conversation, on the farm, with folks from the Ecological Farmers Association

Author: soilsatguelph

Impact of Pastures and Forages on Soil Organic Carbon in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario

Managing cover crops in Ontario – north, south, east, and west

Finding a trusted soil health test

Measuring soil health improvements with cover crops in vegetable production

A year in review

A 40-year legacy – Special “Talk Dirty To Me” episode on World Soil Day

Welcome!

Hard but hopeful – A candid conversation about what it takes to improve soil

Read all about it!

Improving soil through on-farm research

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